To significantly improve safety access and mobility by optimizing bus operations enhancing multi-modal connections and establishing transit nodes and open spaces

The Federal Transit Administration awarded the New York City Department of Transportation $7.5 million on August 10, 2026, under the Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs (CFDA 20.526) to improve safety, access, and mobility on Jerome Avenue in the Bronx.

The recipient will optimize bus operations, enhance multi-modal transit connections, and establish transit nodes and open spaces through bus stop improvements, pedestrian safety enhancements, and revitalization of public space beneath the elevated subway tracks. Deliverables include pedestrian safety measures and improvements to bus operations that strengthen transit connections and reclaim underutilized public space along Jerome Avenue, a primary north-south transit and commercial corridor. The intended beneficiaries are current and future residents, including families with young children, workers, transit operators, and riders.

Performance runs from August 10, 2026, through October 1, 2033, with all work performed in New York City. No sub-recipients are involved in this award.

Activities

Activities to be performed may include: bus stop improvements pedestrian safety enhancements and revitalizing the public realm underneath the elevated subway tracks on jerome avenue.

Expected outcomes

Improve pedestrian safety and bus operations bolster transit connections and reclaim underutilized public space on jerome avenue a primary north-south running transit and commercial corridor in the bronx.

Intended beneficiaries

Current and future residents including families with young children workers and transit operators and riders.